#38BAAE#38BAAE

#38BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAAE
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -37.37, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 37.59, 186.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.1109 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.111 186)
XYZ	xyz(26.8262, 39.0114, 46.1523)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAAE #BA3844

analogous

#38BA6D #38BAAE #3885BA

triadic

#38BAAE #AE38BA #BAAE38

tetradic

#38BAAE #6D38BA #BA3844 #85BA38

square

#38BAAE #6D38BA #BA3844 #85BA38

split-complementary

#38BAAE #BA3885 #BA6D38

monochromatic

#1C5C56 #2A8B82 #38BAAE #60CFC5 #8FDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#38BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAAE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAAE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc6',
    500: '#38baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baae;
$custom-light: #81cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71696,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.39015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAAE

secondary

#C8868C

accent

#4B58DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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